Eighth Note Publications

The Sighting was written for a short film produced in 1995 in Vancouver but, due to time constraints, was never included in the finished film. This work is the middle in a set of three movements (the...

This piece (originally for cello and strings) has been arranged here to feature the bass clarinet with 4 clarinets acting in an accompanying role. The piece is in a 'finger friendly' key so the techni...

Cotton Candy is a quick, light and fun tune intended as a closer or encore on a concert. It is musically simple and the harmonies are typical of cartoon or circus music. The title suggests the gaiety...

The Search was written for a short film produced in 1995 in Vancouver, but due to time constraints was never included in the finished film. The Search was composed as background music portraying the c...

A new arrangement of this piano favourite, The Gypsies works well for this versatile ensemble. The melody is passed throughout the group but none of the parts is too difficult. It is a character piece...

The Encounter was written for a short film produced in 1995 in Vancouver but, due to time constraints, was never included in the finished film. This work is the third in a set of three movements (the...

Luca Marenzio was best known for his writing of madrigals and this is a fine example of Marenzio's choral writing. This piece has been arranged for 5 clarinets. This is an ideal piece to demonstrate t...

This piece was originally a work to show off the trumpet stop on an organ. That brilliant sound has been replaced by the real instrument in this arrangement for 2 trumpets and organ. There is a slow i...

This is a collection of arrangements of well-known music set for 2 like-instruments (or may be combined with other transposing instruments). These serve as a great introduction to chamber playing and...

Ruminations is an exciting duet that is ideal for advanced players to perform on a recital. There is a great amount of counterpoint between the two parts throughout the piece. The outer movements have...

This piece is one of the most popular processionals for brides. It has been used in countless wedding services, movies and television programs. This arrangement can be performed with either piano or o...

The title 'Three' refers to three primary elements of the piece: a three- movement work, each of which is in three sections, performed by three players. The movements are composed in a conventional fa...

Based on Jeremiah Clarke's well-known Prince of Denmark's March, Joel Treybig's 'Prince of Denmark's March'. Fantasy for two trumpets and organ was composed for the 2015 International Trumpet Guild Co...

The fugues referred to in the title are not the musical kind, but psychogenic fugues in a medical sense. This is when a patient seemingly embarks on a completely new life for months or even years, not...

This version of the famous Hail the Conquering Hero opens with an unaccompanied trumpet, gradually builds in dynamic, then the sound drops to a solo keyboard voice which starts the building again to a...

Designed for beginning level instrumentalists, Partners n' Sidekicks was written for a couple of my former students whose musical energies were contagious. Though both very independent players (a skil...

This is a collection of over 20 short arrangements of well-loved children's pieces, classical works and folksongs that are ideal for beginner musicians. Students in the first year of playing can enjoy...

Cotton Candy is a quick, light and fun tune intended as a closer or encore for a concert. Originally it was conceived as a piece for brass quintet but is now available as a work for 2 trumpets and pia...

This concerto, written by this little known composer, is an interesting Baroque work for 2 trumpets and keyboard. Originally for 2 trumpets and strings, the string parts have been reduced to a keyboar...

This is a collection of eight natural trumpet duets plus an 'Echo' Sonata for 1 or 2 trumpets. Contained within the notes for this set are detailed historical information and accurate performance prac...

The title of this piece, Three and Three-Quarters , is not meant as some hidden cryptic message, but simply that of three performers getting together for some musical fun in three-quarter time. It is...

Triplet Trove is a concept piece designed to teach the use of the triplet figure within a musical composition. The number three therefore figures prominently in its structure as it is written for thre...

These fanfares were written/designed to be used for a variety of occasions ranging from social purposes, such as ceremonial events involving important people, to possible theatrical/dramatic applicati...

These fanfares were written/designed to be used for a variety of occasions ranging from social purposes, such as ceremonial events involving important people, to possible theatrical/dramatic applicati...

This famous piccolo trumpet solo has been recorded by many trumpet soloists. The original work is scored for solo trumpet, 2 oboes and strings. In this arrangement the instrumentation has been altered...